Asian Poker Showdown
The Asian Poker Showdown arrived in Singapore a few weeks ago in search of the next poker star from the Garden City. This is really the first reality TV show of its kind in Singapore and perhaps even Asia. Eight Singaporean amateur poker players (including two women) have lived together and competed against one another by testing their skills in the most demanding challenges faced by professional poker players. The prize is ultimately the life of a professional poker player. Apparently the 8 contestants had been selected from over 1000 hopefuls. Singapore own poker champion, Bryan Huang, is acting as both mentor and judge in season one of the Asian Poker Showdown. In one of the first episodes (there will be ten episodes altogether), the eight Asian Poker Showdown contestants become coaches to randomly assigned Pokerstars models. They are each given just one hour to teach their student before the Pokerstars models demonstrate their new found skills from their ‘coaches’. There’s only a few episodes to go so tune into the action today.